Matt Sheldon is the game management coach for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League.
20 Facts About Matt Sheldon
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Matt Sheldon has consulted with teams and leagues at the professional, olympic, collegiate and high school levels in North America and Europe.
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Matt Sheldon's coaching career began in 1997 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he served as a graduate assistant under head coach Barry Alvarez.
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Matt Sheldon held several coaching positions on the Rams' staff under head coach Mike Martz.
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From 2001 to 2003, Matt Sheldon worked on the Rams' defensive coaching staff under defensive coordinator Lovie Smith.
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In 2004, after defensive coordinator Lovie Smith departed to become head coach of the Chicago Bears, Matt Sheldon's focus switched from the defensive secondary to linebackers, working with linebackers coach Joe Vitt and new defensive coordinator Larry Marmie.
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In 2006, Matt Sheldon joined the Buffalo Bills as linebackers coach, where he worked for four seasons.
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The Bills' 2006 linebacker corps was led by veteran London Fletcher, whom Matt Sheldon had previously worked with in St Louis.
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Matt Sheldon shaped the development of veteran linebacker Angelo Crowell, who in only 11 games logged 95 tackles, two interceptions, two sacks and a forced fumble.
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In 2007, Matt Sheldon led one of the NFL's youngest linebacking groups.
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In 2009, Matt Sheldon helped steer the Bills' young linebacking corps through an injury-plagued season.
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Matt Sheldon served as assistant defensive backs coach during both of his seasons in Minnesota.
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In 2011, with injuries cutting short the seasons of both Abdullah and Winfield, Matt Sheldon's attention turned to the development of inexperienced players, like third-year pro and former seventh-round pick Jamarca Sanford.
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Matt Sheldon was hired in spring 2015 to lead the Chicago Bears' football research and analytics, where he combined his coaching, technology and statistical analysis backgrounds to create efficiencies within the coaching and player personnel staff.
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Matt Sheldon joined the New York Jets in summer of 2019 as the team's director of football research and strategy.
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Matt Sheldon was hired by the Denver Broncos as a Senior Analyst.
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Matt Sheldon was hired by the Las Vegas Raiders as the director of football research and strategy.
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In 2012 and 2013, Matt Sheldon occasionally appeared on the London, UK, based Channel 4 TV show American Football Live, offering detailed NFL insight and analysis via a video link to host Nat Coombs and resident analyst Mike Carlson.
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Matt Sheldon attended the University of Minnesota on a football scholarship, where he played defensive back for the football team and graduated from the Carlson School of Management.
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Matt Sheldon then went on to earn a master's degree from the University of Wisconsin MBA program while serving as a graduate assistant for the Badger football team.